Post-WWII - 1946, USA Government Hearing: Admiral Kimmel Gives His Version of Pearl Harbor

Post-WWII - 1946, USA Government Hearing: Admiral Kimmel Gives His Version of Pearl Harbor Intertitle: Admiral Kimmel Gives His Version of Pearl Harbor. 05:26:56 Admiral Kimmel sworn in before photographers & seated Congressional Committee. 05:27:01 MCU Kimmel before microphones. MLS speaking, SOF: “After I organized the fleet in three major task forces, I attempted to keep two of the three forces at sea & only one in Pearl Harbor. I quickly found that fuel deliveries were falling behind consumption. The reserves were being depleted at a time when it was imperative to increase them. It was this fact, & this alone, which made it necessary to have two task forces simultaneously in Pearl Harbor at certain periods.” (edit) 05:27:37 “We maintained as a regular procedure a high state of daily alertness which, within a very short time, could be intensified to deal with a particular hazard when & if it developed. We needed one thing which our own resources could not make available to us. That vital need was the information available in Washington from the intercepted dispatches which told when & where Japan would probably strike. I did not get this information.” 1940s; WW2 Attack Explanation; Possible Scapegoat; Blame; Reason;